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Vegår

Lake in Vegårshei, Norway


Lake in Vegårshei, Norway

FieldValue
nameVegår
imageLake Vegår, Vegårshei.jpg
captionLake Vegår viewed from Sørfjorden
pushpin_mapAgder#Norway
pushpin_label_positionbottom
pushpin_map_captionLocation of the lake
coordinates
locationVegårshei, Agder
catchment141 km2
basin_countriesNorway
length14.5 km
width5 km
area17.7 km2
max-depth102 m
volume337 km3
shore113.84 km
elevation189 m
referenceNVE

|date-built = |date-flooded = |max-depth = 102 m

Vegår is a lake in the municipality of Vegårshei in Agder county, Norway. The 17.7 km2 lake is located about 3 km north of the municipal center of Myra and about 12 km east of the village of Åmli in the neighboring municipality of Åmli.

The three largest parts of the lake are named Vestfjorden, Nordfjorden, and Sørfjorden. The deepest point of the lake, in the Nordfjorden area, reaches 102 m below the surface of the water. There are many small islands in the lake, the largest of which is Furøya. The primary exit for the water in the lake is through the river Storelva which flows south through the village of Myra to Nesgrenda in Tvedestrand municipality before turning northeast and flowing into the sea at the Sandnesfjorden.

Vegår supports one of the country's most long-lived and stable beaver populations, as well as a fish fauna consisting of European perch, brown trout, Arctic char, and European eel.

References

References

  1. "Vegår". [[yr.no]].
  2. (2016-04-05). "Vegårshei". [[Kunnskapsforlaget]].
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